Memory in mind and culture

Resource Information

The work Memory in mind and culture represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Memory in mind and culture

Statement of responsibility

edited by Pascal Boyer, James V. Wertsch

Contributor

• Boyer, Pascal
• Wertsch, James V

Subject

• Cognition and culture
• Collective memory
• Memory -- Social aspects
• Oral tradition
• Recollection (Psychology)

Language

eng

Summary

This text introduces readers to the issues of human memory broadly considered, encompassing both individual memory, collective remembering by societies, and the construction of history. The book is organized around several major questions: How do memories construct our past? How do we build shared collective memories? How does memory shape history? --from publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

153.1/2

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

BF378.S65

LC item number

M475 2009

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography